James Howard (dramatist)
James Howard (c. 1640 – July 1669)Restoration.
He was the second son of Thomas Howard (1621-1689) and his wife, Walburga or Werburge van der Kerchove. His father Thomas was the second son of Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk, and the younger brother of James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk.[2][3][4][5]
Howard married
Stuarta Werburge Howard
after Howard's mother and after his wife.
Works
Howard wrote two comedies, All Mistaken, or the Mad Couple, (c.1667), and The English Mounsieur (1666). Both starred
Three of Howard's brothers also wrote plays: Edward Howard, Colonel Henry Howard, and Robert Howard. A sister, Elizabeth Howard, married the poet John Dryden.[1]
References
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/13918. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Mosley, Charles (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (edition 107). Vol. 3. p. 3814.
- ^ Doubleday & Lord Howard de Walden, H. A. The Complete Peerage (1936).
- ^ "Howard06 Tree". Stirnet. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Thomas HOWARD (1621-81)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
